Effects of Personality and Gender on Time Estimation

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea L. Granger
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2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e23162-e23162
Author(s):  
Ivan Tonev ◽  
Nikolay Vladimirov Conev ◽  
Spartak Stoyanov Valev ◽  
Teodorika Panayotova ◽  
Teodora Karanikolova ◽  
...  

e23162 Background: Our study explored the potential relationship between the time estimation and the level of anxiety in cancer patients prior to starting chemotherapy. Methods: Time estimation was assessed in 90 chemonaïve patients with solid tumors by evaluating each subject’s prospective estimation of how fast one minute passed compared to the actual time. The median value (37 sec) of time estimation was used to stratify the patients into two categories of fast and slow time estimation. We used generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7) as a screening tool for detecting levels of anxiety. Scores ≥10 we considered as clinically significant. Results: Patients with clinically significant levels of anxiety were 23 (25.5%). The pattern of the time estimation distributions significantly changed according to the reported levels of GAD-7 scales. Scores ≥10 correlated with fast time estimation and gender. Patients who scores ≥10 estimated time significantly faster than the rest (27.3±9.2 vs 43.4±17.3; p < 0.001). ROC analysis revealed that at the optimal cutoff value of time estimation, clinically significant levels of anxiety can be discriminated with an AUC = 0.78 (95% CI: 0.68-0.87, p < 0.001) and with a sensitivity of 78.3% and a specificity of 65.2%. Moreover, in a multivariate logistic regression model, fast time estimation was an independent predictor of clinically significant levels of anxiety (OR 7.07; 95% CI 2.2-22.8; p = 0.001). Conclusions: Time estimation is a novel potent indicator for moderate and severe levels of anxiety in cancer patients. This test is an easily performed, time-saving and nonintrusive ultrashort screening tool for clinically significant levels of anxiety.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e24195-e24195
Author(s):  
Asen Yanchev ◽  
Martina Ivanova ◽  
Ivan Donev ◽  
Eleonora Dimitrova ◽  
Nikolay Vladimirov Conev

e24195 Background: Psychological stress is frequent after a cancer diagnosis. Thus screening is crucial for detecting it. The emotion thermometers (ETs) are validated screening tools and have five dimensions (distress, anxiety, depression, anger, and need‐for‐help). Methods: Time estimation was assessed in 374 chemonaïve patients with solid tumors by evaluating each subject’s prospective estimation of how quickly one minute passed compared to the actual time. ETs were used at the beginning of treatment to evaluate level of psychological stress of each patient. A multivariate analyses of covariance was run for the ETs as dependent variables with the addition of the following covariates: age and time estimation and gender as a fixed factor. Results: There were significant negative correlations between values of ETs and time estimation except anger. Women exhibited significantly faster time estimation than men. Using Pillai’s Trace, we found that there was a significant effect of gender and fast time estimation on reported values of ETs (V = 0.06, F (5,366) = 4.96, p < .001; V = 0.05, F (5,366) = 3.84, p = .002, respectively). The covariate, time estimation, was significantly related to reported values of all ETs. There was also a significant effect of relationship on the gender and reported values of all ETs, except for depression and need-for-help after controlling for the effect of age and time estimation. Planned contrasts revealed that female are significantly more distressed, anxious and less angry when compared to males. Conclusions: Gender and time estimation are novel potent indicators of emotional concerns in cancer patients prior to starting chemotherapy.


2003 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lourdes Espinosa-Fernández ◽  
Elena Miró ◽  
MóCarmen Cano ◽  
Gualberto Buela-Casal

2022 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Vinish P ◽  
Prakash Pinto ◽  
Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar

Waiting involves both cognition and emotions. It has a bearing on the overall perception of retail service quality. The advancement in retailing has triggered scholarly conversations on the psychological impact of waiting at the retail checkout. Prior studies confirm customers being deeply involved in the passage of time and time estimation during the entire waiting period. This study investigates the customer idle time and its implication on emotional discomfort resulting from crowding stress. The study employed confirmatory sampling wherein specific sample elements are chosen since they are the key respondents to confirm hypotheses being tested. Accordingly, 385 respondents (shoppers) visiting the leading organized retailers located in major localities in Bengaluru were approached. The responses were analyzed using a Chi-squared test and Pearson correlation. The outcome reveals that irrespective of age and gender, customers visiting the offline retail outlets experience emotional discomfort. The young customers aged 18-30 dislike waiting in the queue at the checkout compared to older customers. In contrast, gender did not affect the inclination to wait. The idleness during the checkout waits causes emotional discomfort on most occasions. The findings supplement the growing research in psychology on the actual and perceived consumption of time, focusing on idleness. The study concludes that customers desire to avert an unproductive use of time, thus lowering their emotional discomfort.


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2097-2108
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Croft ◽  
Courtney T. Byrd

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify levels of self-compassion in adults who do and do not stutter and to determine whether self-compassion predicts the impact of stuttering on quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Participants included 140 adults who do and do not stutter matched for age and gender. All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale. Adults who stutter also completed the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Data were analyzed for self-compassion differences between and within adults who do and do not stutter and to predict self-compassion on quality of life in adults who stutter. Results Adults who do and do not stutter exhibited no significant differences in total self-compassion, regardless of participant gender. A simple linear regression of the total self-compassion score and total Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering score showed a significant, negative linear relationship of self-compassion predicting the impact of stuttering on quality of life. Conclusions Data suggest that higher levels of self-kindness, mindfulness, and social connectedness (i.e., self-compassion) are related to reduced negative reactions to stuttering, an increased participation in daily communication situations, and an improved overall quality of life. Future research should replicate current findings and identify moderators of the self-compassion–quality of life relationship.


2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 4001-4014
Author(s):  
Melanie Weirich ◽  
Adrian Simpson

Purpose The study sets out to investigate inter- and intraspeaker variation in German infant-directed speech (IDS) and considers the potential impact that the factors gender, parental involvement, and speech material (read vs. spontaneous speech) may have. In addition, we analyze data from 3 time points prior to and after the birth of the child to examine potential changes in the features of IDS and, particularly also, of adult-directed speech (ADS). Here, the gender identity of a speaker is considered as an additional factor. Method IDS and ADS data from 34 participants (15 mothers, 19 fathers) is gathered by means of a reading and a picture description task. For IDS, 2 recordings were made when the baby was approximately 6 and 9 months old, respectively. For ADS, an additional recording was made before the baby was born. Phonetic analyses comprise mean fundamental frequency (f0), variation in f0, the 1st 2 formants measured in /i: ɛ a u:/, and the vowel space size. Moreover, social and behavioral data were gathered regarding parental involvement and gender identity. Results German IDS is characterized by an increase in mean f0, a larger variation in f0, vowel- and formant-specific differences, and a larger acoustic vowel space. No effect of gender or parental involvement was found. Also, the phonetic features of IDS were found in both spontaneous and read speech. Regarding ADS, changes in vowel space size in some of the fathers and in mean f0 in mothers were found. Conclusion Phonetic features of German IDS are robust with respect to the factors gender, parental involvement, speech material (read vs. spontaneous speech), and time. Some phonetic features of ADS changed within the child's first year depending on gender and parental involvement/gender identity. Thus, further research on IDS needs to address also potential changes in ADS.


2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 2054-2069
Author(s):  
Brandon Merritt ◽  
Tessa Bent

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate how speech naturalness relates to masculinity–femininity and gender identification (accuracy and reaction time) for cisgender male and female speakers as well as transmasculine and transfeminine speakers. Method Stimuli included spontaneous speech samples from 20 speakers who are transgender (10 transmasculine and 10 transfeminine) and 20 speakers who are cisgender (10 male and 10 female). Fifty-two listeners completed three tasks: a two-alternative forced-choice gender identification task, a speech naturalness rating task, and a masculinity/femininity rating task. Results Transfeminine and transmasculine speakers were rated as significantly less natural sounding than cisgender speakers. Speakers rated as less natural took longer to identify and were identified less accurately in the gender identification task; furthermore, they were rated as less prototypically masculine/feminine. Conclusions Perceptual speech naturalness for both transfeminine and transmasculine speakers is strongly associated with gender cues in spontaneous speech. Training to align a speaker's voice with their gender identity may concurrently improve perceptual speech naturalness. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.12543158


ASHA Leader ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-4
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2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Lyn Tindall

Telepractice is an exciting addition to the arsenal of speech-language pathologists for delivering services. Efficacy data continues to emerge proving the benefit of using available technology to provide assessment and treatment for persons with a variety of communication disorders, ages, and gender. In addition to providing assessment and treatment using telepractice technology, several professional issues have arisen which must be addressed before implementation of this service delivery system. Licensure and reimbursement have been at the forefront, as well they should. However, client safety is another issue that should also be addressed. Providing speech pathology services in a safe environment is a concept which may not have been considered before technological advances made it possible to provide services to someone while not being physically present.


2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
BRUCE JANCIN
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